The Department of Health and Human Services asked Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars in extra funding to care for these “minors” as they arrive.

At the same time, the US is spending about $750 million in “aid” to try and “stabilize” El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, with the vain hope that “stability” in those hopeless Third World nations will halt the invasion.

“The root causes that are driving children out of Central America have not changed, and that’s violence in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras,” Young said, adding that the “threats are caused by gangs and criminal cartels who are very specifically and viciously targeting children at very young ages.”

In the first six months of fiscal year 2016, more than 27,000 “unaccompanied children” were apprehended by border patrol agents at the US–Mexico border, compared to the previous year’s total of 15,616.

Once these “unaccompanied minors” are apprehended in border states, they are issued a “notice to appear” (NTA) for an immigration hearing status and the Department of Health and Human Services takes charge of placing them with an “appropriate sponsor,”—typically a family member, KXAN continued.

No-show rates in immigration court have also increased to at least 40 percent, according to congressional findings.